Registering device for printers&#39; chases.



W. A. HOWE. REGISTERING DEVICE FOR PRINTERS OHASES.

APPLIGATION FILED BEPT.14, 1908.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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W. A. HOWE. REGISTERING DEVICE FOB, PRINTERS CHASES.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT.14,1906.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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WILLIAM A. HOWE. OF MORGAN PARK, ILLINOIS.

REGIBTERING DEVICE FOR PRINTERS 035.8318.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented can. 0, 1909.

-nlioation flied Boptembar 14, 1906. Serial No. 834,688.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. HOWE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the village of Morgan Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Registering Devices for Printers Chases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a registering de vice to facilitate brin ing into proper reg-- istry with each other the successive electroty )es, hall tones, zinc etchings, wood cuts, llti]()} {llll)i1l0 transfers, or other kinds of lates or engravings used by printers or ithogru pliers in multi color printing or lithography, and require-fl to he so'placed in a succession of chases, one for each color, that thesuccessivel y printed colors shall pro ierly register with each other in the completed work. And the invention consists, primarily, in an adjustable frame work that may be accurately fitted in and adjusted to the chase, and that carries a further frame work bearing adjustable'register pins that may be adjusted and clamped-fin position over any two or more desire'd points of the electrotype, or other plate, whose-position is to be registereil; and the invention further consists in such other novel features of construction and operation. as may be found to obtain in the device as hcreinafterset forth or claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my registering device set in place within a printers chase, and havin several of its register pins adjusted to an clam ed in position over the corner points of an e cctrotype or plate secured with n said chase; Fig. 2 1s a front elevation of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1 to show in transverse section one of the adjustable travelers for carrying the register pins; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary or sectional view on line 44 of Fi 1, to show the construction of the non-adpistable corner of the frame work; Fig. 5 is a frogmentary sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1,

to show one of the adjustable carriages for the rods on which the register pin travelers are borne; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary per" spective, from below, of the fixed or nonadiusta-ble foot of the main frame work.

he letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

In said drawings 10 and 11 are, respectively, two rods rigidly secured at right anthumb screws that clam glee to each other in the fool; piece 12 that is shaped to fit Within one corner, preferably the upper left hand corner, of the printers, chase. Running upon each of thosqarodfl, and movable for the entire length thdiieof, is. a carriage 13, provided with a thumbucrcw 14, whereby said carriage may be clam ed at any oint to which it maybe adjust along the ength of such rod. And infthege cairriages, 13, are rigidly secured two further rods 15 and 16, each projecting at right angles to the rod u )011 which its carriage is adjustable, and para leling and substantial] ualing the rod u 301). which the other o :31 carriages is a justablc. These two rods'lo'and 16, secured in and movable with the carriages 13, 13, cross each other at right angles, and at their crossing point are connected t other by a carriage 17 through which said re s may be adjusted and clamped by means of the thumb screws 18 and 18. By the adjustment of the carria 13, 13 and '17, the movable rods 15 an 16 may be res actively brought toward or drawn away fiom the aforesaid stationary rods that they parallel and may thus be caused to form with sai stationary rode a square or recta ular oblong of any desired size, oorres ondmg to the chase in which the frame wor is to be adjusted. Each of the three carriages 1'3, 13 and 17 is prolonged downward to form afoot piece like the foot piece 12, to iit within one of the corners of the chase, no that when the frame work is placed over a chase the four foot pieces may be adjusted to fit accurately within the res ective four corners of said chase, and hel in position by means of the the aforesaid movable carriages on the re s along which they res ectively slide.

rejecting upward from opposite ends of the stationary rod 11 are a pair of uprights 19 19, in which are provided bearings 20 20 for the respectively op osite ends of a rod 21 rotatable within ssh bearings, and having its rotation limited in one direction by the steps 22 22, projecting from it and adapted to come in contact with the rear face of said stationary rod 11. Two further rods 23 23, are secured in and project for ward at right angles from the opposite ends of said rotatable rod 21, and about equal in ion th the rods they parallel in the mainframe wor before described. Adjustable along these rods 23 23, and transverse thereto are a plurality of cross rods 2 ,24, 24, each trotype or other plate secured in the chase inside corners of the chase and clamping the movable foot pieces lll position by means of secured at its ends in a pair of carriages 25 25 slidablc along the rods .53 .23 and clamped in position thereon by the thumb screws 26, 26. These cross-rods are additionally suported about midway between the rots .53 23 by the further rod .27, paralleling rods 23, 23, adjustable along the rod 21 by means of the carriage 28 and thumb screw 29, and provided withthe series of adjustable carriages 3U, 30, one for each cross rod 24, each of said carriages being slidableon both its cross rod and on the rod 27 and clamped upon the latter by means of a tnunib screw 31. Each of the rods 23 23, and also the accessory sup orting rod 27, is adapted to drop into an be supported by a socketed upright 32 secured on tie rod 16 of the main frame work, tne socketed 11 right so supporting the rod 27 being a justable along said rod 16 by means of the thumb nut 33. Each of tie cross rods 24. 24 bears a lurality of travelers 2-4, 34, 34, elidnbie aong t| e length of said cross rod. and clamped t. ereto bv means ol tie thumb nuts 35, 35, and each ol; said travelers is provided with a transverse hole 36 adapted to receive a. register pin 37, projecting at right angles to the cross rod Mon which the traveler slides. And a further thumb nut 38 is provided in each traveler for clamping in raised or lowered position the register pin inserted through the hole 36 in said traveler,

It is obvious that one or more of the cross rods 24 may be adjusted and clamped over any desired parallel edge or line of an elecwithin which the frame work has been set; and then two or more of the travelers on such cross rod may be adjusted and. clamped, and their register pine set, over any two or more desiret points on such edge or line of the electrotype or Plate. And when two or more oints on he electrotype or other late lave been thus registered, the main rame work is removed from the chase, b loosening these movable loot pieces, and is set then into the chase that is to contain the clectrotype or other plate for the'next color, and is secured in such further chase by n-essing the foot pieces firmly into the four the thumb screws in their carriages [3,13 and 17. After the main frame work has been thus clamped in the second chase, the second clei-trotypo or other data, loosely in place within the chase, is shined into registry with the get i'ljllralCI' pins, and then the upper frame work, bearing the cross rods and rcgi5tor pin travelers, is swung up out of the any, turning; n the rotatable rod 2] until checked by the steps 22, and the electro'type or plate is segurcd and lurked ini giium in the chase by means of the usual urniture and. quoins. The upper frame work is then swung down again and the position of the register pins noted, to ascertain whether the electrotype or late has been shifted in the rocess of loe ing it in position, and if it \as so shifted the adjustmg process is repeated until the rcgistration is exact. The main frame work is then loosened from the chase and is ready to be set into the chase for the third or next color. By this means registering of the electrotypes or other lates for successive colors is greatly exper ited and facilitated, and the greatest possible accuracy is assured.

My invention is herein set forth as ernbodied in a particular form of construction, but I do not limit myself thereto or to less than all the possible forms in which the invention as hereinafter claimed, may be embodied.

I claim 1. In a registering device for printer's chase, in combination, a quadrilateral framework adapted to he frii-iionully clamped to the interior of the chase, and a plurality of adjustable register-points carried on said framework, substantially as specified.

2. In a registering device for printcrs chase, in combination, an adjustable quadri lateral framework adapted to be frictionally clamped to the interior of the chase, and a plurality of adjustable register-points carried on said framework, substantially as specified.

3. In a registering device for printer's chase, in combination, a quadrilateral frame adapted to be stationarily clamped to the chase, a swinging frame hinged to said site tionery frame, and a plurality of adjustable register-points carried on said swinging ,lrame, substantially as specified.

4. In a registering device for rinter's chase, in combination, an. adjustab e frame adapted to be stationarily clamped to the chase, a swinging frame hinged to said stationary frame, and a plurality of adjustable register-points carried ,on said swinging frame, substantially as s 'ecified.

5. In a re istering (evico l'or printers chase, in com ination; an adjustable rectangular framework ada ted to be clamped to the chase and containi ng two movable members for effecting such adjustment to dillerent sizes of chases, and a plurality of adjustable register-points carried on said lramework, substantially es s iecilied.

6. In a re istering device for printer's chase, in com ination, an adjustable rectangular framework adapled to be clamped to the chase and containing' two movable memhers, crossin each other at a right. angle, for efl'ectingsudli ad'ustlnent to different sizes of chases, and a plural ty of adjustable register-puints carried on said l'ramework, substantially as specified.

7. in a registering device for printer's chase, in combination, an adjustable rectansee, 071

gular frame adapted to be stationarily clamped to the chase and containing two movable members for effecting such adjustment to difierent sizes of chases, a swinging frame hinged to said stationary frame, and a lurality of adjustable registe points carrie on said swinging frame, substantially as speoiv 8. In a registering device for printers chase, in combination, an ad'ustable rectangular frame ada ted to e stationarily clamped to the c ase and containing two movable members, crossing each other at a right angle, for effecting such'adjustment to different sizes of chases, a swin'gin frame hinged to said stationarjr -frame, and a -lu,-- rality of adjustable register-points earrie on giaii swinging frame, substant ally as speci e i I 9. In a registering device. for printers chase in combination, a framework adapted to be clamped to the chase, a plurality of parallel cross rods adjustably movable in said framework, and a re ister-points carried on said sir stantially as specified.

10. In a registering'ctevice chase, in combination, be stationarily clamped cross rods,

for printers a frame adapted to to the chase, a swinging frame hinged to said stationary frame, a Y

pluralit of adjustable plurality of parallel cross rods adjustably movable in said swinging frame, and a lurality of adjustable registenpoints carrle on said cross rods, substantiall; as specified.

11. In a registering device for chase, in combination, an adljustab 0 frame adapted to be'stationarily c amped to the chase, a swinging frame'hinged to said sta- 'onary frame, a plurality of parallel cross rods adjustably movable in said swinging frame, and a Lplurality of adjustable re ,terpoints'carrie on said cross rods, su stantially as speciifiedl i 12. In a re istering device for chase, in com ination, an adjusts le retitang'ular frame adapted to be stationarily clamped to the chase and containin two movable members for effecting such a justment to different sizes of chases,'a s ing frame hinged upon said stationar frame; a plurality of, para lel press rods movable H1 said swinging frame, a plurality of adjustable travelers movably carried on said cross rods, and a plurality of register pins adapted to be ad'ustably clamped in said travelers,substantial as specified. I

W1 LIAM A. HOWE. Witnesses:

- THOMAS W. COLE,

H. T. HIXBON.

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